Game

Object Name:

Game

Object ID:

1968.062.06

Creator:

Selchow & Righter Company

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Description:

Snake Eyes card game, in box. Contains 60 playing cards, five blue plastic chips, 15 red plastic chips, and 52 white plastic chips. Box has removable cover with color printing: "Snake / Eyes / No 27 / MANUFACTURED BY / SELCHOW & RIGHTER CO. / NEW YORK, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A.", with image of African-American man and woman and pair of dice. Cards have ten different images, with six cards per image. Card #2 has a green snake marked "SNAKE EYES". Card #3 marked "NERTS", with image of two brown nut-like people. Card #4 marked "LITTLE JOE", with image of man in a suit holding a bouquet of flowers. Card #5 marked "PHOEBE SNOW", with image of a black woman washing clothes. Card #6 marked "JIMMY HIX / FROM HOUSTON'", with image of a cowboy. Card #8 marked "ADA / FROM DECATUR", with image of a woman in a red dress. Card #9 marked"NINA / FROM CAROLINA", with image of women in a white dress. Card #10 marked "BIG DICK / FROM BOSTON", with image of a man in a green suit with a cane. Card #11 marked "IMA / NATURAL", with image of a women in a yellow dress. Card #12 marked "BOX CARS", with image of a man riding on back of a boxcar. Instructions printed inside cover.

Material:

Paper
Cardboard
Plastic

Dimensions:

H-2.7 W-10.8 D-7.6 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Emma C. Cilley Sr.

Subjects:

Black Americans, Blacks, African Americans, Card games, Games, Dice, Snakes